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ving his help “with equal gen-
i delicacy,” as one of the men
expressed it. It was the ex-
inion of Henry Wheaton that
on, another of the delegates
a way
erosity
of the
pressed
, ”he ntinental Congress, and other
umental in founding the Re-
uld have been forced to retire
f rom ic service entirely, if they had
not |, e helped in this gracious manner
by Salomon.
was not only Salomon’s purse
that was available to aid the Republic
1{ t hi' i riiical time. He placed at the
f his adopted country all his
hnanri
men
public
' acumen. It was largely due to
hb ahiliiv that the negotiations were suc-
;\ completed with France and Hol
land for war subsidies. The French
(Jovernment showed the confidence it
placed in him by making him treasurer of
the French Army which came to the colo
nic' to aid General Washington. He
tilled this position without compensation.
Sah-mon helped to win the secret sup
port of King Charles III of Spain for
the cause of the American colonies
through Don Francisco Renton, secret Am-
bassador of King Charles, whom he aided
for several years. Salomon was the “fi
nancial link" between the United States
and France. First he was broker to the
French consul and afterward became fis
cal agent to the French Minister to the
Cnited States, Chevalier le la Luzerne.
He was also the principal depositor of
the Hank of North America.
Robert Morris kept a record of the fi
nancial transactions engaged in by Salo
mon that enabled the credit of the new
Government to be maintained. There
were no less than seventy-five separate
transactions in this record. Neither Salo
mon nor his heirs ever received one penny
in compensation.
Because of their education and knowl
edge of European languages, as well as
their financial relations abroad, many
American Jews were able to render in
valuable aid to the struggling country and
the records show that they did so with
enthusiastic patriotism. The list of Jew-
i'h financial sacrifices for the freedom of
the Republic would contain many other
names besides that of Haym Salomon,
for instance, Benjamin Levy and Benja
min Jacobs are signers of the bill of
iredit for the Continental Congress. Isaac
Moses, ,,f Philadelphia, out of his pri
vate pocket donated $15,000 toward the
colonial treasury. Another contributor
was Herman Levy, of Philadelphia. In
addition to serving as an assistant to
: W ashington, Manuel Mordecai
*100,000 to help put the new Nation
s feet, and permit it to hold up its
ead before the world without shame.
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e Supreme Court justiceship. Even
he was elected Chief Justice of
" ^ or k Court of Appeals, several
°f law schools had petitioned
nt Harding to seat him. His rise
1 life is strangely divorced from
At no time was he a candidate
ri ' , <>ne Party, and the one time in
bcial career when he had to stand
■ on to a permanent seat in the
of Appeals, in 1917, both Demo-
^Publicans united in his be-
1 olitics bowed to a noble figure,
ars ago he was elected Chief Jus-
be Court of Appeals, for a term
■ en years. With this item, save
'n for his nomination to the
vt ates Supreme Court, ends the
>gical record of Cardozo’s rise
urist.
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ah
F,
h:.
re
nto the vast gaps which these
eave must be read the unbeliev-
story of another worldly being,
enteen years, the now white-
( ai [ dozo has lived the life of a
His physical existence has been
fes g s m molH d ’ r 3St ‘ n 30 inhuma "ly change
less mold. For seventeen years he has
risen daily at six in the morning. At
? ev ® r j‘ thlrty he has come to his desk
in Albany. He has gone to lunch even-
day at one o clock. He has sat in court
session daily from two until six in he
afternoon He has dined at seven in the
same hotel with the same companions, his
six colleagues on the bench. This h is
been the “court” life of Benjamin Car-
dozo, a life which extends from October
to June. 1 he only relaxation he per
mits himself comes to him during the
summer recess, when he retires to a cot
tage on the Jersey shore. Here he spends
a great deal of his time reading philo
sophical and scientific books. Unlike the
Roman senator of Caesar’s day, he does
not take up farming. He does not like
it. He can t do it. In fact, he indulges
in no physical labor whatsoever—not even
in sports. Babette Deutsch tells the story
how Judge Cardozo was once served
with an ultimatum by his associates on
the appellate bench that he either take
up golf or resign as Chief Justice. His
abhorrence of golf being exceded only bv
his attachment to the law, he submitted
to the injustices of this American pas
time, only to achieve the distinction of
being the worst player in his club. Judge
Cardozo has confessed that he obtains
a great deal more pleasure out of read
ing the Latin and Greek classics than out
of swinging the golf club— a business he
does not consider much sport. Mr. Mever
must certainly play a better game of
golf than the Chief Justice. His life can
be summed up in the word academic.
He is the second Jew to be a trustee of
Columbia University. His great uncle,
Seixas, was the first. He is also a trustee
of the Hebrew University in Palestine.
This is the antithesis of Cardozo and
Meyer—the man of thought against the
man of action—the upholder of American
ideals against the upholder of American
materialism. Two Jews so far apart ....
© 1932, S. A. F. S.
T II E J E W E S S
(Continued from page 8)
still lives as if fulfilling a supernatural
predestination.
The history of Israel is permeated with
a tragic horror and drowned in his own
blood: centuries of captivity, violence
and hatred, slavery and inquisition; bon
fires of human flesh, exile, ostracism.
Flow could this people survive and live
through it all ?
Indeed, the fate of various peoples has
its own, unfathomable, mysterious pur
pose. Who knows? Perhaps the Creator
wished that Jews, having lost their fath
erland, should serve as an eternal yeast
in the perpetual fermentation of the uni
verse.
There stood a woman whose face re
flected a divine beauty that inspired a
sacred ecstasy. How many thousands of
years has her people evaded assimilation
to have been able to preserve these mar
velous biblical features? With the same
plain shawl over the head, with the same
deep eyes and sorrowful tiny line around
the lips are painted madonnas. With
alike irreproachably pure beauty shone
it i!*L A lo Diifh
the sombre faced Judith and docile Ruth,
tender Sarah and magnificent Rachel.
Looking at Riva I could not help be
lieving, nav, feeling and almost seeing,
how this people marched in its bewilder
ing genealogy to Moses, ascended to
Abraham and on and on ~ < ) i 1 rectth *
great, stern and formidable biblical
Jehova.
Of a sudden, I recollected my conver
sation with a Gentile friend of mine, a
classmate, who said: “The Jews have
become senile and have grown decrepit;
thev have lost their nationality and fath
erland. They shall become extinct be
cause of the absence of fresh blood. ln-
less they assimilate with other races, they
are doomed to destruction.”
. T t,en 1 cou| d n <* find a sufficiently log-
wo.lH a h ! " mem !° r a "P'X. •*>■* now I
mv ttend look at thi, woman
behtnd the counter. -Take a look at her,"
I would say, ‘there is a pledge of the
immortality of the Jewish people.”
and GrL l G h h ni hu * band is w ™k, piteous
' .ickl\, although the eternal struggle
for extstence ha, left on hi, face i„«“ -
al e traces of knavery, timidity and mis-
trust, well, then: for thousands of years
!! . j S ,. cen ,be victim of persecutions
and dweller of the filthy ghettos.
But the Jewish woman is ever on
guard. She faithfully guards the spirit
of Israel and the type of the race, cau
tiously bearing through the streams of
. 0< . )l ’ under the yoke of oppression and
violence, the sacred flame of her peo
ple s genius, lest it become dim and ex
tinguished.
Having finished my meal, I paid the
innkeeper and, accompanied by his ex
clamations of thanks, walked out of the
£»««*• 0,1 ,h< ‘ following afternoon I left
Eidkunen and soon the speeding train
bore me toward the capital of Germany.
Ever so often a vision of the beautiful
feminine face flashes in my memory with
a remarkable clearness and then l can
almost sec Riva’s tender outline of the
cheeks and chin, moist, calmly-passionate
eyes, lovely curve of her lips.
In passing, the poignant beauty of a
strange woman had warmed my soul,
filling it with a phantom of happiness,
wonderful thoughts ami sweet anxiety,
but that romantic period of mv life has
long since passed. Only the thoughts of
Israel’s wondrous destiny are still with
me and so they will be as long as I
breathe.
(The End)
Your Vote and Influence
Appreciated
E. L. (ED)
ALMAND
FOR
COMMISSIONER
FULTON COUNTY
Subject to Democratic
Primary, March 9, 1932
VOTE FOR
B. C. “TUT” BROYLES
CAMlIIIATE FOK
< 1.1,UK St I’KKIOIt COI KT
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tV. A. "PKRK" I'tCKKlNN
Deputy t’lrrk
At it re li (I, l !»:»**
FOR RE-ELECTION
SHERIFF FULTON COUNTY
DEFl'TJ KM:
Mrs. Annie II. Kfj iiiiIiIi
•I. II. Ilazemore
It. F. Il> lli l.l
W. .1, (•llleliinil
tV. M. Mayo
II. I.. (Itertl Nlmmnni
.1. F. Ncli 11II it K
W. <». (Fete) Smith
K. A. .lours
I.ee W hut ley
.1. tV. .lorilon
K. C. McCall, ,lr.
< . C. Mr I inn.i lil
.1. It. Smith
\V. O. McKenzie
.1. tiordon llonly
Emmett I,. (Jiilim
tV. F. Thompson
\V. T. 'looney
.1. M. Kohuler
DKI’ITIKM:
Jas. 1
Miss Ftliel Coo ell
.1. I.. Mllnm
tV. I.. Monro
T. C. Hutcheson
II. M. (Him) Ooodlln
t. (’. Fencork
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M. H. Dikies
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I. K. < reel
Itulph tV. (ioiilnt
T. I.. Carroll
It nger IliifkkHI
I,. M. Hohaoml
l‘ V (Dm) Nelms
C. II. Thomiiaon
It. It. Ortitors
.lolin C. For)HI
C. House
V. F. I'oole
F. K. IlKI.ISTKIt, < lilef Depot)
It. M. HOI.I.AN D. < lilef .luller
WILL APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE
Subject to Democratic Primary March 9, 1932
GUY A. MOORE
Candidate for
TAX RECEIVER
FULTON COUNTY
Subject to White Primary, March 9, 1932
DEPITI EM
.Jason A. Tuinrle
John C. Iturilett
Johnny Wenkcr
Joe E. Hole)
Frnest C. Bell
Ed. F. Keen
ties*. C. C hristian
Mrs. J. D. Frasier
J. C». (Jeter) Morris. Jr.
Tlllmun M. Dll berk
Mrs. C. tV. Everts
J. l*oiil Gllstrap tAlpharetta)
(,eo. M. Edmondson (Falrhura)
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SOUTHERN ISRAELITE ★
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